Mislead

/mɪsˈliːd/

Synonyms for "mislead" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Verb(14 words)

misdirect misguide misinform befuddle beguiles benight bias blarneyed bluffedconceal evidenceconceal informationconfounded conses cozened

abuse bamboozlebe untruthfulbeguile betray bluffbowl a googlybunk cheat con confuse corrupt cozen

Noun(16 words)

balks bamboozling bedazzling blarney blind blindfolds blinding bluffing bullshits bullshitting chaoses cheat cheats cloaking confound coyote

Adjective(1 words)

befuddled

Strong matches (65)

Verb(19 words)

dazzles deceive deceived deceives decoyed defrauds delude deludes diddled disorient disorients distort duped ensnare ensnares entrapping fooled garble gulled

debauch deceive decoy defile deflower delude despoil disappoint double-crossdraw the longbowdupe entice equivocate exaggerate falsify fib flannel flimflam foist fool

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force gull

Noun(22 words)

deceiving decoy decoying decoys deluding demagogues disorienting dupes duping feinting feints flimflamming flimflams fools fox foxing fuddling gaslight gaslights gulling

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gulls gyp

Adjective(2 words)

deluded disoriented

Related words (108)

Noun(34 words)

hoax hoaxes hoaxing hoodoos hoodwinking hoodwinks humbugging humbugs jerks jiving lull lulling maleseet misdirecting misguides misguiding misinformed mountebank phishing psyching

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psychs razzle sabotaging sandbagging snooker snowing string stringing trablous trap traps tricking tricksundermining trust

Verb(25 words)

hoaxed humbugged intoxicate jerked jumbled kiddedlead astraylie to someonemisdid misdirectsmiseducate through misinformationmisinforming misinforms obnubilate philanders prevaricatessculpt public opinionseduced snowed strung

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threw trick tricked vitiating voodooed

hoodwink humbug inveigle juggle leadlead astraylielie flatlylure misadvise misdirect miseducate misguide misinform misinstruct misteach mock mystify obfuscate obscure

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outwit pervert presupposition prevaricate rape ravage ravish ruin seducesell outsham soilspeak falselystorystretch the truthsully taketake intell a lietempt throwthrow a curvetricktwo timeviolate

Adjective(4 words)

misdirected misguidedskewed contactutter disarray

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

conduct deception direct guide inform lead take

More specific

7 entries

disinform dupe gull hoax misdirect miseducate misguide

Collocations

6 entries

mislead by omissionmislead someonemislead studentsmisleading advertisementmisleading informationmisleading statistics

Inflections

3 entries

misleading misleads misled

Derivations

3 entries

misleader misleading misleadingly

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't mislead me.

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I won’t mislead you, I won’t betray you, I won't shirk!

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The speaker believes that cosmetic industries mislead women with impossible claims.

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Long after you've become inactive, your mistakes, if not corrected, will live on to mislead future users.

Source: tatoeba (3924463)

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